2018-19 Swimming & Diving Roster
Brown, Rachel
Rachel Brown
- Class:
- Senior
- Event(s):
- FREE
- Hometown:
- High Point, N.C.
- High School:
- High Point Central
Bio
Pitt School Record Holder
200 Free: 1:45.84, ACC Champs, 2/16/18
2017-18 Season
Bold = Pitt school record as of the end of the 2017-18 season
200 Free: 1:45.84, ACC Champs, 2/16/18
2017-18 Season
- Was a reliable contributor for the Panthers during her junior season
- A part of the 200 Free, 800 Free, 200 Medley and 400 Medley relay teams that set new Pitt records at the ACC Championships
- Set personal and school records at the ACC Championships (Feb. 14-17)
- Set a new school record in the 200 Free with a time of 1:45.84 to place 13th in the finals
- Came in with a new personal record of 22.80 in 50 Free during the 200 Free relay to help the team place seventh
- Finished 38th in preliminaries at the ACC Championships in 100 free
- Set a new personal record in 100 Breast against Virginia and LSU with a time of 1:04.52
- Placed second at the Western PA Invite with a personal record of 5:02.30
- Solidified herself as a reliable producer in sprint free events
- Regular top-10 finish in early season dual meets
- Won the 50 free at the Western PA Invite (Jan. 28)
- Finished the season at the ACC Championships (Feb. 13-17)
- Placed 27th in the 200 free in 1:49.39
- Took 33rd in the 50 free, swimming sub-23 for the first time in 22.94
- Also finished 40th in the 100 free in 50.59
- Announced herself as a quality freestyle sprinter for the Panthers
- Opened her collegiate career with three top-10 finishes against Duke (Oct. 3)
- Took second in the 200 free, sixth in the 50 free and eighth in the 100 free
- Regularly earned top-fives and top-10s during dual season
- Won a pair of titles at the Western PA Invite (Jan. 30)
- Posted times of 1:53.32 in the 200 free and 5:05.73 in the 500 free
- Concluded the season at the ACC Championships (Feb. 17-20)
- Placed 36th in the 50 free in 23.41
- Was 41st in the 100 free in 50.94
- Took 46th in the 200 free in 1:53.96
- Set the Piedmont Triad Conference 4A Championship record in the 50 free (23.66)
- Won the 100 free en route to a women’s team title as a senior
- Greensboro News and Record’s Athlete of the Year as a senior
- Notched a combined five meet records at the Robert Sawyer Invitational Meet in 2013 and 2014
- All-Conference honoree in all four years
- PTC Swimmer of the Year as a junior, as chosen by conference coaches
- Born Aug. 11, 1997
- Daughter of Randall and Kathryn Brown
- Has one sibling, Rebecca
- Exercise Science major
| Rachel Brown’s Career Performances | |||
| Event | Time | Date | Venue |
| 50 Free | 22.80 | 2/15/2018 | ACC Championships |
| 100 Free | 50.28 | 12/05/2015 | Big Al Open |
| 200 Free | 1:45.84 | 2/16/2018 | ACC Championships |
| 500 Free | 5:02.30 | 1/27/2018 | Western PA Invite |
| 100 Breast | 1:04.52 | 10/20/2017 | Pitt vs. Virginia/LSU |
Bold = Pitt school record as of the end of the 2017-18 season
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